Oxytocin Receptor Protein Lab Report

Lindsey Herishen
Professor Wang
BIOL-4712
May 4, 2015
Oxytocin receptor Protein Oxytocin receptor protein (OXTR) is helps to determine the biochemical activity and signaling pathway of oxytocin (a hormone associated with childbirth). Its main pathway for the signaling of oxytocin is the the Gq/PLC/InsP3 pathway, which is associated with the contraction of the uterus during childbirth. After its discovery in 1909, there is still a vast majority of information to be known about oxytocin and the OXTR protein especially in its relation to autism and weight loss. A proposed experiment is laid out for determine its effect in the body.
The act of bodily contact causes one’s brain to release low levels of oxytocin; this could be from a simple hug, …show more content…
OXTR has be located on chromosome 3p25, and it contains three introns and four exons (“Sequence ID”). According to the National Center of Biotechnical Information, the DNA sequence that encodes OXTR protein is as follows:

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